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AG Bill Schuette using his office as a right wing political toolAG Bill Schuette using his office as a right wing political tool

I'll be on First Shift this morning to discuss Bill Schuette's actions so far as Attorney General. Here's some of the research...

Wisconsin Democrats submit more than 1,000,000 signatures to recall Gov WalkerWisconsin Democrats submit more than 1,000,000 signatures to recall Gov Walker

Wisconsin's anti-union, anti-middle class, anti-99% governor is about to have his hat handed to him.  The people of...

Asking for democracy is democracy in actionAsking for democracy is democracy in action

Say what? Well I was checking out this article on the MLK march on Snyder's residence, and found this tidbit here:"We elect...

‘Choose Life’ plates would fund Right to Life through the Secretary of State‘Choose Life’ plates would fund Right to Life through the Secretary of State

Based on what we've seen of Snyder & the GOP legislature so far, this is definitely going to pass:Among the legislation...

Welcome to cbdcWelcome to cbdc

Hello listeners of First Shift. Thanks for stopping by. This blog is about to be rebooted and will have new posts again in a...

Report shows Shiawassee unemployment rate downReport shows Shiawassee unemployment rate down

The Michigan League for Human Services has issued a report (pdf) that shows some good news for Shiawassee. The unemployment...

But … He Doesn’t Sound Like A Republican …

Today we heard the sad news that Senator Stafford passed.

Senator Stafford was a champion for the environment and education. (you’ve heard of the ‘Stafford Loan’) He also called for unity in the divisive 2000 elections, and upon Vermont’s legalizing civil unions for same sex couples, said:

“I consider that love is one of the great forces in our society and especially in our state of Vermont … It occurs to me that even if a same-sex couple unites in love, what harm does that do anybody or any society?”

Senator Stafford wasn’t afraid to stand up to his party when he thought they were wrong. This was especially evident when he led the successful effort to override President Reagan’s veto of environmental legislation.

Too bad we don’t have more Senators like this Republican.

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